Analysis of Seattle's New Teacher Contract

Institution	National Council on Teacher Quality
Titel	Analysis of Seattle's New Teacher Contract
Quelle	(2010), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Teaching (Occupation); Collective Bargaining; Content Analysis; Improvement; Teacher Evaluation; Performance Based Assessment; Teacher Effectiveness; Accountability; Professional Autonomy; Principals; Teacher Selection; School Law; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching; Lehrberuf; Tarifverhandlung; Inhaltsanalyse; Qualitätssteigerung; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Leistungsermittlung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Verantwortung; Berufsfreiheit; Principal; Schulleiter; Law concerning schools; Schulrecht
Abstract	The Seattle-based Alliance for Education recently asked the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) to review the newly negotiated collective bargaining agreement for teachers in Seattle. This analysis comes one year after NCTQ released a study looking at the human capital policies in the city's schools, focusing largely on ways to improve teacher work rules. What NCTQ has seen in the year since is promising. In fact, the new contract makes a number of significant improvements, which is especially noteworthy given the constraints of state laws and regulations. Together with the Seattle Education Association, the school district negotiated a labor agreement that gives district schools, particularly the lowest performing, more autonomy over building their staffs and prioritizes the role of student learning in evaluating teachers. Other improvements, such as added planning time for collaborating with other teachers, also represent strong progress. This analysis focuses on the two most significant improvements in the labor agreement: (1) Improving teacher evaluations and, therefore, holding teachers accountable for their performance; and (2) Giving principals the authority to select their staffs. (Contains 4 footnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Council on Teacher Quality. 1420 New York Avenue NW Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-393-0020; Fax: 202-393-0095; Web site: http://www.nctq.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10